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MAURICE W. WHITE
ST. ALBANS -- Mr. Maurice W. White, age 68, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2003, at Fletcher Allen Health Care following a brief and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Milton on Aug. 19, 1935, son of the late William H. and Grace (Larochelle) White.
Following high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for 20 years. During the Korean War and Vietnam War, he was a meteorologist serving in Indochina, Vietnam, Germany and several bases in the United States. He was discharged in 1973 and worked for the next 19 years for Agway in St. Albans.
Mo was a lifetime member of the V.F.W., Post 758, a member of the American Legion, Post 1, and Elks Lodge 1566. Jan. 14, 1956, he married M. Diane Murphy.
Besides his wife of more than 47 years, he is survived by five children and their spouses, David White of St. Albans, Michael and Tricia White of Petersburg, Va., Karen and Skip Putnam of St. Albans, Dale and Debbie White of St. Albans, and Kristin White and special friend Tanya Saunders of St. Albans; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother Stanley and his wife, Wanda White, of St. Albans; sisters Sylvia and her husband, Harold Ives, of Monte Verde, Fla., and Sandra Brock and friend Marty of Royal Palm Beach, Fla.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Holy Angels Church. Friends may call at the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, 86 S. Main St., St. Albans, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. An Elks memorial service will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery with full military honors.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home.
PAUL W. FREDETTE
ST. ALBANS -- Mr. Paul W. Fredette, age 72, died peacefully at the family home on Oct. 23, 2003, following a brief courageous battle with cancer. He was born Feb. 10, 1931, in Colchester, the son of the late E. Roland Fredette and Ada (Bundy) Fredette. He was a graduate of Bellows Free Academy and attended Oxford Business School in Cambridge, Mass.
After serving his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Paul returned to St. Albans and began his career with A.N. Deringer, Inc. and then became a licensed U.S. Customs Broker. For three years he and his family resided in Portland, Maine while Paul was supervising the Maine offices of A.N. Derringer Inc. He retired in 1993, after forming many lasting business and personal relationships.
Paul Fredette is survived by the love of his life, his wife, of 51 years, Alicia (Giroux) Fredette of St. Albans; his daughter, Lori A. Fredette of Highgate Springs; his son, P. Todd Fredette of Rouses Point, N.Y.; his sister; Kathleen Stewart of Essex Junction; his sisters-in-law Ann Fredette of North Walepole, N.H., ; Jean Fredette of St. Albans, Irene Larose of Deland, Fla., Rita Larose of Agawam, Mass., Claire and her husband Louis Shephard of St. Albans Bay; two special grand-nephews, Jackson and Joseph Walsh of St. Albans; and many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his father and mother; his brother, Kenneth E. Fredette; his step-mother, Claire B. Fredette; his brother-in-law, Stanley Stewart; and his brother, Eugene R. "Freddie" Fredette.
Paul was an active member in his community and his church. He attended daily mass, was a long time usher and served on the parish council and the bereavement committee at St. Mary's Parish in St. Albans. He was a past member of the Board of Directors for Franklin County/Grand Isle Mental Health. Paul was a life member of the Owl Club and the American Legion Green Mountain Post 1. Paul was co-chairman of the Franklin County Division of the American Cancer Society. For several seasons he was a volunteer for the Operation Happiness Program.
Paul enjoyed the game of golf and was a long time member of the Champlain Country Club. He was involved in the men's Twilight League for 12 years. He loved all sports and was a die-hard Red Sox fan. In addition to golf, Paul's other hobbies included traveling, especially his many winter vacations in Florida, reading several newspapers each day, walking on the rail trail, working out at Duke's and then enjoying his morning coffee with the gang at Dunkin' Donuts. Whenever he could, he took the opportunity to spend time at his son's hunting camp in the Adirondack's. He enjoyed spending time with his many friends, and he cherished the relationship of each and everyone of them. Bob and Nancy Cioffi, Larry and Peggy Larrow and Mac and Rae McFeeters were very special in his circle of friends. He was a proud member of the staff of Brady & Levesque Funeral Home.
Paul will be remembered for his wonderful love and devotion to his family and friends. He showed this time and time again even through his difficult illness.
Everything he did was done to perfection, and he was always willing to lend a hand wherever needed. He was a person of extreme punctuality and was never late for anything. His home and gardens were his pride an joy, his lawns trimmed to perfection.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, Oct. 27, 2003, at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Church. Friends may call at the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, 86 South Main St., St. Albans, from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Interment will be in the Fredette family lot in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Franklin County Home Health Agency, 3 Home Health Circle, St. Albans, Vt. 05478.
Arrangements are entrusted to his families of Brady & Levesque Funeral Home.
WILLIAM "BILL" JOSEPH REILLY
ALBURG -- William "Bill" Reilly, 77, a longtime resident of Alburg, passed away late Wednesday evening, Oct. 22, 2003, at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans. Bill was born in Burlington, Vt. on Nov. 12, 1925, the son of the late Lawrence and Florence (Flynn) Reilly.
He graduated from Alburg High School and attended Tri-State University in Angola, Ind. Bill married the former Jacqueline Charbonneau. He was employed for over 40 years with Wyeth (formerly Ayerst Laboratories) in Rouses Point, N.Y. Bill will be remembered for his many years of being an amateur ham radio operator and his devotion to the St. Amadeus Church in Alburg.
Bill was predeceased by his parents and brother in-law, Milton Brow.
Bill leaves one son, William "Bill" and his wife Nancy Reilly, Jr. of West Chazy, N.Y.; and three daughters, Colleen and Ray Tetreault of Great Falls, Montana, Maureen and Tim Hockney of Danville, Penn. and Kathleen Reilly of Las Vegas, Nev. Also surviving are a brother, Lawrence and his wife Constance Reilly of Barre; a sister, Frances King Brow of Alburg; four grandchildren, Matthew Hockney, Breanna Hockney, Nicole Tetreault and Michele Tetreault; as well as two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In keeping with his wishes, there will be no public calling hours. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, at 11 a.m. from St. Amadeus Church in Alburg. Father Maurice U. Boucher, SSE will be the celebrant and homilist. Interment will follow in the family lot in St. Amadeus Cemetery in Alburg.
Gifts in Bill's memory may be made to the St. Amadeus Church in care of Father Maurice U. Boucher, SSE PO Box 49, Alburg, Vt. 05440.
TONYA ANN BEAUDRY
SWANTON -- Tonya Ann Beaudry, 30, a resident of 7 Broadway Street in Swanton Village, died early Wednesday morning, Oct. 22, 2003, at the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington following a three year courageous battle with breast cancer.
Tonya was born in St. Albans, Nov. 25, 1972, the daughter of Gordon and Rita (Paquette) Garrow.
Tonya graduated from Richford High School and was Salutatorian for the Class of 1990. She attended Johnson State College and in 1993 graduated from Champlain College with a degree in business administration. On May 23, 1992, Tonya married Pierre Beaudry, who survives her. She most recently was associated with George H. Philibert CPA in Burlington and previously had worked for First American Title Insurance, also in Burlington.
An active community member, Tonya devoted much time to The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish. She was a member of the Parish Folk Group, served as a Eucharistic Minister and volunteered many hours in the religious education program, made rosaries and participated in a weekly community bible study. In addition, she recently became a hospice volunteer through the Franklin County Home Health Agency and was an integral part in all aspects of the local Success by Six Program. She also participated in the annual Linda Wood Mason Walk-A-Thon.
Tonya will always be remembered as a very kind, loving and charitable person always willing to volunteer whenever there was a need. She was most faithful in donating to the local community food shelf.
In addition to her husband Pierre Beaudry, Tonya leaves her son, Emric and her special pup, Lady, all of Swanton; her father and mother, Gordon and Rita Garrow of Berkshire; her mother-in-law, Florence Beaudry of Barton; brothers and sisters, Gary Garrow and companion Karen Adam of Bolton, Paul Garrow and his wife Tina of Milton, Jessica Garrow and companion Sean Barrett of Brandon and Melissa Garrow and companion Alex Vallecillo-Bone of Burlington. Also surviving are her maternal grandparents, Gerard and Therese Paquette of Richford; paternal grandparents, James Sr. and Inzy Garrow of Richford; and her very best friend, Kelly Vuckovic of Enosburg Falls; as well as three nieces, three nephews many aunts, uncles and cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, Oct. 27, 2003, at 11 a.m. from The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 65 Canada Street, Swanton. Father Benedict Kiely will be the celebrant and homilist. Interment will follow in the Beaudry family lot in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 26, 2003, from 2 to 5 p.m.
Gifts in Tonya's memory may be made by donating to your local food shelf.
JEANNE D'ARC GAGNER
ST. ALBANS/SHELDON -- Mrs. Jeanne D'Arc Gagner, age 78, died Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 22, 2003, shortly after arrival at the Northwestern Medical Center. She was born in Cowansville, Que., June 29, 1925, daughter of the late Charles and Anna (Beaulieau) Lavoie. She married Armand T. Gagner June 12, 1943. Mr. Gagner died November 22, 1987.
Jeanne resided on the homestead in Sheldon until 1977, when she moved to St. Albans. She had been employed at the Holiday House nursing home and spent many, many hours of volunteer service to the patients there. For 15 years she operated a vegetable stand from their home on the Sheldon Road. She was a communicant of Holy Angels Church, a member of the Ladies of St. Anne and the Franklin County Senior Citizens. Her greatest happiness derived from her family, especially when they were all together. She loved to bake and share her donuts and pies.
Jeanne lovingly cared for so many people and volunteered for many charities. Since 1954 she made daily entries into her personal diary. Her many hobbies included crossword puzzles, collecting newspaper clippings and photographs, gardening, crafts and baking.
She is survived by her six children and their spouses, Anita and Norman Laroche of Highgate, Helene and Michael Biggie, Annette Crawford and her fiance James Letourneau, all of St. Albans, Dominique and Jacqueline Gagner, Gaston and Lise Gagner, all of Highgate, and Bernard and Martha Gagner of Sheldon; a son-in-law, Robert Crawford of St. Albans; 17 grandchildren, Lucien, Albert, Carmen, Connie, Eugene, Gilbert, Raymond, Theresa, Patrick, Andrea, Robert, Steven, Amy, Brad, Matthew, Sara and Abbie; 19 great-grandchildren; sisters Germaine Desriusseau of Uxbridge, Mass., Annette Deragon of Cowansville, QC., Gertrude Lavoie of St. Albans, Pauline Cyr of Florida, Laurence and her husband Lawrence Barkyoumb of Florida, brothers Honore Lavoie of Massachusetts, Benoit Lavoie of Uxbridge, Mass.; brothers and sisters-in-law, Rene Cyr of St. Albans, Alice Gagner of St. Albans, Laurant and Germaine Laroche of St. Albans, Beatrice Lavoie of Conn., and Simone Lavoie of Swanton; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Besides her husband she was predeceased by her granddaughter, Jeannie Gagner in 1971, and by her brothers and sisters, Dominique, Arthur, Charles Lavoie, Maria Bousquet, Albertine Brouillard, Eugenia Garrow, Catherine Lavoie; and in-laws Armand Cyr, Paule Gagner, Rachel and Leonard Laroche, Juillette and Fernand Guillette, Beatrice and Leonard Therrien, Cleopha Gagner, Silva and Rita Gagner, Joseph and Dora Gagner.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 9 a.m. in Holy Angels Church. Friends may call at the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, 86 S. Main St., from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Interment will be in the Gagner family lot in St. Anthony's Cemetery in Sheldon Springs.
Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Vermont Diabetes Association, 77 Hegeman Ave., Colchester, Vt. 05446.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home.
GHISLAINE MARIE PELOQUIN PRAIRIE
SWANTON -- Mrs. Ghislaine Marie Peloquin Prairie, born July 16, 1920, passed away on Oct. 20, 2003. One of 11 children of Marie and Zoel Peloquin, she was born in Weedon, Quebec and married Leon S. Prairie in 1945. After having had two of her seven children in Montreal, she moved to Alburg and built and established her home in Swanton in 1956. Since 2002 she had found happiness living under the care of all the angels who worked at St. Joseph's in Richford.
Ghislaine loved all children. In caring for her own she made, cleaned and repaired many of their clothes, tended and preserved a huge garden of fruits and vegetables for the long winter months. She had a passion for knitting and not only does every one of her children and grandchildren have at least one of her knitted blankets, but she also knitted bandages for lepers in foreign countries. After her own children were grown and gone, Ghislaine took great pleasure in helping the neighborhood and Catholic parish children with their lessons of French and faith and also belonged to the Nativity Parish Ladies of St. Anne. In later years her greatest pleasure became watching children slide down the small hill in her front yard from her kitchen window. Should anyone of those children not have mittens or a hat, she would invite them in for a treat and dig out a pair of her own knitted hats or mittens to keep them warm. Ghislaine was indeed one of those rare angels of the earth who was always smiling with a kind word or gesture.
She was predeceased by her husband, Leon, on April 2003, and her daughter, Diane, in 1949. She leaves behind her sister Rejeanne and her brother Conrad; along with her six surviving children: Claude Prairie and his spouse, Janet, of Ste. Hubert Quebec, Lynda Manter and her spouse, Frank, of West Acton, Mass., Roland Prairie and his spouse, Maryellen, of New Port, Dianne Prairie of Copperas Cove Texas, Mark Prairie and his spouse, Dale, of Westford and Renee Brown and her spouse, Dale, of Georgia; her 10 grandchildren, Danny, Claudine Brian, Ian, Darren Alexander, Nicholas, Todd, Sabra and Lauren; her six great-grandchildren, Nika, Mary, Jane, Dusty, Chelsea and Cassiddy; along with many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and acquaintances that who she, in one way or another, touched deeply throughout her 83 years on this earth.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003, at 11 a.m. from The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 65 Canada Street, Swanton Village. Father David Kiyingi will be the celebrant and homilist. Interment will follow in the Prairie family lot in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, and Swanton on Friday, Oct. 24, 2003, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
OMER J. PIETTE
ENOSBURG -- Omer J. Piette, 90, of Enosburg, passed away in St. Albans on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003, following a long illness. He was born in Richford on Dec. 1, 1912, the son of Leon and Delia (Couture) Piette.
On Feb. 12, 1936, he married Mabel Rice who survives him. He is also survived by a son, William O. Piette of Notre Dame-de Stanbridge, PQ; and three grandchildren, Michel, Jean and his wife, Natalie, and Daniel, all of Vaudreuil, Quebec; by two great-grandchildren, Amelie and Louis. Omer was raised by his aunt and uncle, Adolphe and Mederiesse Daudelin in Ferlishburg, PQ. He is survived by their two sons, Calixte and Laurent Daudelin. He is predeceased by brothers, Archie, Arthur and Marcel; and by sisters, Angelina, Marie, Delia, Cecile and Antoinette.
Omer and his wife, Mabel, owned several farms in the Hinesburg and Richmond area. Then Omer became a cattle dealer for 15 years. After that, he and Mabel founded the Piette Trailer Park in Hinesburg which they owned for many years, and is now known as Triple L Trailer Park.
Friends may call at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 9 to 11:45 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12 noon Saturday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Enosburg. Interment will follow at St. Anthony's Cemetery in Sheldon Springs.
